LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Mĕlanthus

Meaning

  1. river in Sarmatia

Mĕlanthus, i, m., = Μέλανθος.
I. A river in Sarmatia, Ov. P. 4, 10, 54.—
II. One of the seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Ov. M. 3, 617.—
III. The father of the Athenian king Codrus, Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Hence, Mĕlanthēus (quadrisyl.), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Melanthus: caedes, Ov. Ib. 625.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyMelanthusMelanthus. or MELA'NTHIUS (Μέλανθος, Μελάνθιος), one of the Neleidae, and king of Messenia, whence he was driven out by the Heracleidae on their conqu…

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What does Mĕlanthus mean in Latin?
Mĕlanthus, a proper noun, means “river in Sarmatia”.